A. L Herbert

When the chicest hair convention of the year gets cooking in town, so does business at Mahalia's Sweet Tea. As buzz builds around beauty mogul and pop culture icon Monique Dupree, collard greens start moving out of the kitchen faster than models strutting down the catwalk. But the glitz fades the moment Monique is found shot to death. The entrepreneur's vanity empire was stained by bitter rivalries, explosive affairs, and backstabbers scheming for...

"When Halia is invited to serve as a guest judge on the popular cooking competition show Elite Chef, she's delighted to add some extra flavor to the mix. But as filming ramps up in Washington D.C., there are too many fiery personalities in the kitchen. Halia discovers that pulling off her small screen debut unscathed means contending with a longtime competing restaurant owner, an infamously crass hospitality mogul, and a group of cutthroat contestants...